Some were. But most I think used the opportunity to buy their family.
Remember it was dangerous for them too. I read of some who did so and
then they all ended up getting kidnapped and sold as slaves even though
they were legally free.

If I can find the one slave narrative,
there is one with a picture of a man who looks like a tanned white
person and then there are 2 kids who look white. The man was a slave and
they looked poor as hell.

But that man was considered black.

yes I hope this is what it was too. Or they bought them so they could help them in some way.

deflecting white responsibility as though whites had nothing to do with it

now should they have relished being a scapegoat of course not ... unfortunately they didn't look the gift horse in the mouth

the alternative then was unimaginable horrors and enslavement ... but now anyone should be ashamed for carrying on that legacy

question is ... are we?

I agree with you. And people need to understand that it was a difficult predicament for these people. People who on one hand had to reject family members in public for the safety of everyone's lives in some cases.

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